Washington was hitting on all cylinders and was in control from start to finish in a solid 79-58 home victory against Waterloo West Tuesday night.

The Warriors jumped out to a 23-10 first quarter lead behind a full-court defense that controlled West’s offense. Washington's aggressive offense and precision passing carved up the Wahawk defense like a Thanksgiving turkey.

“We run a trapping full court press,” said Washington Coach Frank Howell.  “That’s who we are.  It really bothered them in the first half, but they got some pretty quick baskets against us in the second half.

“It was one of those nights where we were finding the right player at the right time in the right rhythm. We really got some great opportunities from some really good execution.”

Washington (9-3,5-2) had a very balanced attack.  They were led in scoring by Aleena Hobbs with 23 points and Dani Franklin with 21. Abby Herb and Colby Bjornson were also in double figures with 14 and 11, respectively.

“Our quick start got us a lot of energy and we never looked back,” said Hobbs.  “We emphasized spacing and that really gave us some open passing lanes to the basket.”

“The spacing helped us get a lot of offensive rebounds, too,” said Franklin. “The drive and dish was there all night tonight.”

Waterloo West (8-4, 5-2) was led in scoring by Blaire Thomas with 19 points and Haley Puk with 17.

Washington travels to Prairie for a key Valley Division match this Friday night.

WATERLOO WEST (58): Sproul 3 3-4 9, Stokes 6 0-1 12, Puk 4 6-6 17, Swartzendruber 0 0-0 0, Thomas 8 3-7 19, Spencer 0 1-2 1, Jones 0 0-0 0, Husic 0 0-0 0, Fisher 0 0-0 0, Pabst 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 13-10 58.

WASHINGTON (79): Herb 5 4-4 14, Hobbs 9 3-4 23, Bjornsen 4 0-0 11, Kramer 3 0-0 8, Franklin 9 2-2 21, Glenski 0 0-0 0, Malcolm 0 0-0 0, Cook 1 0-0 2, Ochs 0 0-0 0, Jones 0 0-0 0, West-Doyle 0 0-0 0, Campbell 0 0-0 0, Kamin 0 0-0 0, Angellotti 0 0-0 0. Totals 31 9-10 79.

Halftime – Washington 40, Waterloo West 25. 3-point goals – Waterloo West 3 (Puk 3), Washington 8 (Hobbs 2, Bjornsen 3, Kramer 2, Franklin 1). Fouled out – Herb.